Inequality Quote by Angus Deaton

What is the upside of inequality? I would say that it's a deep pool of properly trained, highly motivated talent that is endeavoring to…

— Edward Conard

Inequality has risen to the point that it seems to me worthwhile for the U.S. to seriously consider taking the risk of making our…

— Janet Yellen

I'm in favor of inequality if it comes about from people making great innovations that make us all better off. And I think those…

— Angus Deaton

I think inequality has gone past the point where it's helping us all get rich, and it's really becoming a serious threat.

— Angus Deaton

“We must insist on putting production at the heart of economic analysis. The inequality alarmists take the existence of progress and prosperity for granted.…

— Don Watkins

The key to understanding the rise in inequality isn't technology or globalization. It's the power of the moneyed interests to shape the underlying rules…

— Robert Reich

“Incentives aren't the only thing that matter for economic growth. Opportunity is also crucial, and extreme inequality deprives many people of the opportunity to…

— Paul Krugman

Rising inequality can create a more highly leveraged economy, and it can then make the economy vulnerable to a crash like 2008.

— Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell

Inequality may linger in the world of material things, but great music, great literature, great art and the wonders of science are, and should…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

When money, rather than innovation or value, is your competitive advantage, that's when things get boring and stagnant, and monopolies take root.

— Hank Green

You have to let the market reward effort and skill. But a system in which inequality of incomes constantly increases over time is worrisome.

— Timothy Noah

Inequality of wealth and incomes is an essential feature of the market economy. It is the implement that makes the consumers supreme in giving…

— Ludwig von Mises